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Wolfgang Paalen
Face1946

On view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3
Abstract oil painting with mosaic-like dabs of blue, yellow, pink, and red on amber ground, overlaid with thick black lines forming a stylized figure shape
Artist or Maker
Wolfgang Paalen
Austria, 1905-1959
Title
Face
Date Made
1946
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
18 3/4 × 15 3/4 × 2 in. (47.63 × 40.01 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Mira P. Hershey Memorial Collection
Accession Number
47.9.8
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Barron, Stephanie, editor. California: 5 Footnotes to Modern Art History. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977.